Woman charged with beating child with a broomstick

A South Florida woman is accused of beating an 11-year-old girl with a broomstick.

Dolly Jones, 45, is charged with cruelty toward a child with great bodily harm in the Lauderdale Lakes incident. She is currently being held at the North Broward Bureau jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.

According to authorities, Jones was babysitting the child for a friend when she struck the girl with the broom. The girl's entire back was covered in bruises and she had a fractured right wrist after the incident, authorities said.